Canada — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Leafy
Canada received 34 FDA import refusals in Leafy, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 14 in 2024-Q3, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue and FSVP violation. Measured against US import value, that runs at 57.4 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Canada over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import leafy from Canada
Below the median. Canada ranks 3rd of 4 origins shipping leafy to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 57.4 — above 33% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 31 refusals in the last 3 years, 26 were hazard findings and 5 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 11,611 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 2nd highest refusal rate of 3 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (31).
- Riskiest months
- September, October, August, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (26).
- Paperwork to get right
- FSVP violation (5).
FDA does not publish how many entries it examines, so no page can state a true probability of refusal; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- FY1-4105712-2 CABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 186-7951593-5 SPINACH (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- MK8-6079669-9 CABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 186-7496967-3 SPINACH (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 799-1123324-7 CHINESE CABBAGE, CELERY CABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. FSVP violation
- 799-1449185-9 CHINESE CABBAGE, CELERY CABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. FSVP violation
- 186-7474979-4 SPINACH (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 799-0845308-9 CHINESE CABBAGE, CELERY CABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. FSVP violation
- N3J-0073183-4 SPINACH (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 551-7033670-2 CABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. FSVP violation
- 186-6904182-7 CHINESE CABBAGE, CELERY CABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 9RK-4177901-8 SWISS CHARD (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7257687-6 SWISS CHARD (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 186-6972269-9 CHINESE CABBAGE, CELERY CABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 186-6957783-8 CHINESE CABBAGE, CELERY CABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7259238-6 SWISS CHARD (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 9RK-4167847-5 SWISS CHARD (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7256925-1 SWISS CHARD (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7254462-7 SWISS CHARD (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7254514-5 SWISS CHARD (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 45 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
The file holds entries up to 2026-09-22. To get new ones for Canada by email, watch Canada.
Canada country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →